Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-09-24
Cur Clerks Office.

Mr.. EDITOR. The order If the ST.
pr:Aisor Of the county, tn have anew
clerk IS office built.has brought cut ma
nv COMMUNICATIONS in The several! pa
lers OF the Eastern Shore. The c1ntro.
yersy over the plan OF building 1t, and
the ha.d things thIt are being Sail, this
communication does rot enter lhLo-.
becailse the difference between the cost
of IL good, suitable building and an IN
,ifiercnt one, is niitlcr Of little cupceril
tn the Fri at autl rich comfy or Acco-
mac-Gut suitable building. well built.
laI DIS jnie ;inl safe is OF great moment
TO the county, and it is tn the county's
| interest only, hat LuiS article will refer
to. The cost whether it he six or seven
thousand dollars " i'll neverbe khoWn Or
ielt by HE tax p yers. II tile expellse VI
IL, say six thousand tt liars, was placed
on the heal III tie inlliD iTunLs vi The
county it would IN; cost MS 20 ce It's
.;uh, ii lil,- est WAS laceh o. The list
Il! LEX payers it wo.lid II It cost lis Ql:e
d l..r each ii it MAS p.attu TN the prop
ert,, we have fo' T millions SIX hun
drcG Thousand dollars Of asst ssud prop
erly from Which To MY it. a al Is ceiits
OH every hundred dollars will pay The
bill. Inc SUN 10 ih;,i!rr now pliteu,lS
IN INSIGNIFICANT one Ia Il people us Wei.
off as we are. rhr,e are pi, ntY oi lar
mtrs all over tie county, Who spcnd
more nloley OIL their barns an Stables
titan we spend OH our public buildings
or any other pilu.ic intri est THAI we
lave. THIS Should not ,c So, I'd hope
ere long to SET The s;lme splr!t OF I'M
provrInemt aud private enterprise OF
our citizens, turned with proper pride
To public imp oyenlcnts Tor tho county
is sadly lacking in this dlrectiuu. L DO
not klluw Il uuGtly III lie state lilaI Hats
rs Indifferent public buildings as We
have. The small COUNTY of Essrx,wllcli
is not worth pne-fourth ;ls much inomey
as tile county of Accomac, has q court
house fur times iIs large AM culifen-
iellt as ours Tne county vi Warwick,
one of tliuSmallest i'll tile State, and liUt
worth as ln.lcn rs Ulie-tisillii;ts lnucllil S
Accumac, L am Informed hits Il new Ten
thousand dollar cOurv-lousc.
Our ;cu;,lu Gale miiciI fur illulfIdual
Improvement and appearances. Our
private houses are us heat aud as COM !
Portable lis any III TIE State. we nave |
us many churches, anu they IRE kept In
gOut order, We nave Lht pcSt driving
horses i'll the stale, and as lll:ny and as
nice lrriages, d.;,l our Ptnple ut any /
public gathering arc rs genteel aid Sell
dressed as country people "iyNliere. LII
particulars Of This Kind we AID ullsur-
PASSED, but III public ln#tterd We art
sadly behind the age. Our court house
WIS built $50 years ago, our clerks once
80 years ago, public school HOUSES iic%,
out remarkably culnm.r,.i,.u our ptuilc
roads III a miserable condition are mat
ters that meet luuking after. ludlYld-
uay am III favor vi improving tile
public r.;liS, hist, becauae IL costs
Too much IL keep licln Ill ts:elr II eoeliI
condition, AMI retarls the general Dusi-
ness. Arpropriating motley Tor the
improvements lneDtiOne,i, llltl:cl'uSly
spent wiil aud value to the real estate
valued ut three millions vi dollars, Will
again aid greatly ~ tile more man Il
million al personal propertyt at we are
possessed Of, to the gleat convenience
economy ami pleasureui the PEOPLE "a
lutte money will do much gootl proper
l., sient, and will meet with tile apDro-
ualion OF tile people. Money spent in
tills direction some people think lwho
40 NO. kiuw ;t.y uctter) will 10 The alb
salute destruction ol 1t. Such is not
;lle cast, iur nraiy iii OF it Will be ex-
pundcu II oar iIuoi Tor Gus OWL u, he
tit.
,Mr Editor, l am aware that the wri-
ting vi snch Il letter as this Is not III The
fashion vi lnr times, Where men who
speak OF Vito are always putting w IA
,.oor mJuli, and telling the people OF !
their great poverty aud burd ms. his Is
sGe lrlck ui Lie office Seeker w enlist
5, .upaLliy lllillril"iy icliln.; al u sac
riice vi The truth, for there ale no pep
pic as /. Mnoic better oil lhan We ale i'll
any part of THIS World Ll.at lave elri
seen.
The truth contained in this letter l
ali sure viii uc Wis. ble to thinking men,
am tllat IT may l.c put III practice al an
early date l Slllcerciy hope.
lUuIs,
OKhlS y. BROWNE.